Hi!
If your electric starter cannot turn the engine over you have a too weak battery or a too weak starter!
Use a 10A 12V Motor cycle battery or...a 14,8V ,2000mAh LiPo battery (I use both ).

If you have the engine in the plane ...just leave it there and run a couple of tanks full at fairly fast rpm,if you don't know what that means get help from a fekllow club member that does!
Use a 10x6 APC prop, OS 8 or Enya 3 or 4 glow plug and rew the engine at around 12000-13000rpm (you don't need a tach , just listening to it). Always set the rpm with the high speed needle when running it in ...not with the tthrottle! That way you always know that the engine gets enough fuel and does not run lean...provided you can hear when it runs lean...or run rich!
It' vital when you learn how to set an engine that you learn to set it by ear! That's the fastest way and most exact way of adjusting an engine. Do not! I repeat! Do not rely on just how much smoke the engine belches out! It's not an exact way of meassuring how.
rich the engine is running. And pinching the fuel line is also an inferior metod of setting engines.

Second! You must use silencer pressure and have the tank mounted according to the tank mounting rule. That's very important!!!
The tank size is also important! A 240cc (8oz) tank is what you should use for your 6,5cc (.40 ) engine.

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ORIGINAL: Garfield81

DarZeelon,
Yes I figure I didn't properly break in the engine but what do I do from here? Am I SOS with this engine now?

Thanks

Garfield,


What I suggest is that you remove the engine from your model and mount it in a test-stand to do a proper break-in.
It does not have to be an expensive proprietary test-stand per say. It can be a piece of 2x4", with a notch for the crankcase and holes properly placed for four mounting bolts.

But there are some [link=http://cgi.ebay.com/E-z-Just-Engine-Test-Stand-7-circa-1960s-/220789078422?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DS IC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BF ICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D10%26pmod%3D230612625985%26ps% 3D63%26clkid%3D158988239543439900#ht_500wt_1156]inexpensive ones[/link] too everywhere. Just search.

Follow the break-in thread! The all-synthetic lube fuel just got to go. You need a lot of castor oil to break-in this engine type. There are no shortcuts!
Don't forget the heat-gun (and the electrical power socket to run it), so you can get the engine to turn over, so it can start.

Did you read the thread yet???


After the break-in is done, adjust the engine on the stand, for a perfect transition and not too lean.
Only after this is done, would it be time to mount the engine in your model.

The customary fuel-tank for an engine this size, would be 10 ounces, or an 8 ounce bladder-tank.

Sorry for not being clear. But I can't start the engine to go through the break-in procedure. I have had someone else try to turn the engine with their started and it won't go past the TDC and won't even complete one full revolution. I hope that makes my issue a bit clearer.

Thanks

DarZeeleon
Sorry I missed the post with the heat gun solution. Will try that